Ukraine's foreign minister criticises UNICEF over reports on child casualties in Ukraine and Russia

Andrii Sybiha. Photo: Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine

Acting Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha has criticised the UN children's agency UNICEF for creating a false equivalence between the victim and the aggressor in its reports on casualties in the Russia-Ukraine war.

Source: Sybiha on X (Twitter) on 9 August

Details: Sybiha posted screenshots of UNICEF posts dated 4 August reporting children killed and injured "in attacks in the Russian Federation and Ukraine".

Ukraine's foreign minister criticises UNICEF over reports on child casualties in Ukraine and Russia

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